Bag-body with integral corner-pieces.



A. KAUPMANN. BAG BODY WITH INTEGRAL CORNER PIECES. APPLIATION FILED 115111.23, 1914. 1,1 1 9,517, Patented Dee. 1,1914.

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ATTORN EYS HE NORRIS PETERS Co.,PHOTL7LlT1-l0WASHINGTUNlv D. C

A. KAUFMANN.

BAG BODY WITH INTEGRAL CORNER PIECES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.23,1914.

1,1 19,517. v Patented Dec. 1,1914.

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A. KAUFMANN. BAG BODY WITH INTEGRAL CORNER PIECES. APPLICATION FILED mams, 1914.

,ll9,517 Patented Dec,1,1914.

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UNITED gSTATES' PATENT oEEioE.

ARY KAUEMANN, 0E NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, AssIGNoR To K. KAUEMANN Aa oo., A

CORPORATION 0E NEW JERsEY,

BAG-BODY WITH INTEGRAL CORNER-PIECES.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.l1, 1914.

Application led January 23, 1914. vSerial No. 813,836.

To czZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARY KAUFMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Bodies with Integral Corner-Pieces; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which forni a part of this specification. l

The present invention relates, generally, to

limprovements in traveling bags, suit-cases,

and the like, provided at their respective corners withcorner-pieces, and, the present invention has reference, more particularly, in providing the leathernbodies of bags,\suitcases, and the'like, at their respective corners with corner-pieces which are forced up directly out of the leather body, so as to provide a corner-piece which is integrally united with and forms a direct part of the leather body.-

The present invention has for its principal objects to provide a novel and simple leather body for bags, suit-cases, and the like, formed with corner-pieces pressed out of the leather and integrally united with the leather-body, with a view of economizing in the leather, because the eXtra corner-pieces heretofore used are entirely done away with, and also greatly reducing the cost of the construction of 4the bag because the necessary stitching as well as the riveting in place'of eXtra corner-pieces, as heretofore, is also' obviated. ,1' y A The invention has for its further object to provide the leahcr bodv of a bag, suit-case,

or the like, with reinforcing corner-pieces,

and also, if desired, with reinforcing edgemembers, forming an integral part or parts of the body, with a vlew of greatlyenhancing the general appearance and beauty of' the body of the bag, suit-case, or the like, be-

cause there are no raw edges to the cornerbers. Furthermore, with .the forms of sep- `mentsin position upon the body of the bags,

suit-cases, or the like,-are Aplaced upon the tops-of the said elements, which ycauses the corner-pieces or reinforcing edge-members to wear easily from rubbing, etc., andv hence also easily wearing outthe stitching, soI that. the `corner-piecesy or the reinforcing edge-I members will readily come loose or wearot and, anotherobject of the present invention, therefore, is to arrange thestitching about the corner-pieces or the reinforcing edge:y members in such a manner,that the stitching is not exposed to any vwear, and Vbeing protected against wearing olf, there will be norubbing or coming oif of the corner'- pieces or of the reinforcing edge-pieces. ,t Other objects ,ofi this invention not at this time more particularly enumerated will be clearly understood vfrom vthe following de-4 tailed description of the present invention.

With these variousobjects of the present invention in view, the present invention consists, primarily, in .the novel combined body i and corner-pieces, or the combined reinforcing edge-members therefor, of bags, suitcases, and the like; and, the invention conaccompanying drawings, but while in thevv said drawings I have illustrated my present invention as applied to the: body of a travel- Aing bag, kthe fact must notbe lost sight of that the invention is also applicable to the bodies of all vstylesand kinds-of bags, as well as to suit-cases, and the like. l

In thel said drawings, Figure l represents one stvle of bag, the bag-bodyof which is provided, with integrally formed cornerpieces, showing one embodiment ofthe prin-.1 ciples ofthe present invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary face-view of a portion of a bagbody provided with aA reinforcing edgemember forming an integral part ofthe said body, said member being in the shape of a corner-piece, and said view illustrating in connection therewith portions of the backing usually employed with the body; and Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional representation of the parts illustrated in said Fig. 2, said section being taken on line 3-#3 in said Fig. 2. Fig. d is a bottom View of the bag represented in said Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a bag, the bagbody of which is provided with reinforcing edge-members forming integral portions of the said bagsbody, and made in the form of combined corner-pieces and edge-members extending along the gusset-ends and the sides of the bag-body; and Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of a bag-body provided with reinforcing edge-members forming integral portions of said bag-body, and made in the form of combined cornerpieces and edge-members extending along the gusset-ends of the bag-body. Fig. 7 is a perspective view 0f another form of bag provided with corner-pieces made according to and embodying the principles of the present invention; and Fig. 8 is a fragmentary face-view of a portion of one of the gussetends of the bag-body, combined with a corner-piece forming an integral part of said gusset-end. i

Similar characters of reference are employed in the said above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to Figs. l, 2, 3, 5 and 6 of the drawings, the reference-character l in* dicates the bagfbody of a traveling bag, which is made of leather, and in the styles of bags represented in said figures of the drawings is usually made in two pieces which are stitched together, as at 2, at the gusset-ends of the bag, and as is illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings, are turned inwardly at their lower marginal edge-portions, as at 3, and are suitably secured in any manner to a bottom +L. i

In the bag shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3 of the drawings, the leather which forms the body of the bag, has outwardly pressed therefrom in those portions which are to provide the corners of the bag-body, suitably shaped reinforcing edge-portions, as integrally united with the main parts of the bag-body and the marginal raised portions 7 of said parts being rounded, as shown more particularly in Fig. 8 of the drawings, so as to avoid raw edge portions, and made in the conventional configuration of the usual corner-pieces, `now made separately from the bag-body, and secured thereto by rows of stitching on top of the cornenpiece, and sometimes additionally secured in position by means of rivets.

in the present construction, stitching, as at 6, may be provided, such stitching instead of being on the top of the raised edge-poi`- tions 5 and at the marginal edge-portions 7 thereof, is provided directly at the lower surface-portions of the bag-body, adjacent to the raised edge-portions 7 of the said pressed-out reinforcing edge-portions or members 5 formed integrally with the bagbody.

'lhe reference-character 8 indicates the usual backing, of card-board or other suitable material, secured upon the bach of the bag-body by means of said stitching, and in the pocket 9 formed between the said backing and the raised edge-portions 5 pressed out of said bag-body is a filler 10 of any suitabtle material, which reinforces and strengthens the corners of the bag-body, and helps the said raised edge-portions to retain their shapes of corner-pieces, by preventing the collapsing of said raised edgeportions 5, as will be clearly evident. The

said filler l0, it will be understood, may be made of card-board, sheet metal, fiber, and in fact any other suitable material may be used which will greatly strengthen the body of the bag at the points where said raised.

edge-portions are provided.

In the style of bag represented in Fig. 5 of the drawings, the leather bag-body l is also made in two pieccswhich are sewed or stitched together, as at 2, at the gusset-ends of the bag. vThe leather which forms the body of the bag, in this instance, has outwardly pressed therefrom in those portions which are to provide the corners of the bag body, as well as along the marginal edges of the sidefaces and the gusset-ends suitably-shaped reinforcing edge-members or portions, as 11-12-13, the cornenportions 12 being of such conformation to produce the general appearance of corner-pieces, as will be seen from an inspection of said Fig. 5 of the drawings. The said edge-me1nbers or portions 1l-12-13, being forced out of the main body-portion of the bag, are integrally united therewith. Stitching, as 14, may also be provided, such stitching extending directly along the lower surface-portions of the bag-body, adjacent to the raised edge portions l5 of the said pressed-out reinforcing edge-members 11-12-13 which form an integral part of the bag-body., In lieu of the general configuration of the raised reinforcing edge-members 11-12-13, as shown in said Fig. 5, or, instead of the corner-piece edge-members 5, represented in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings, the bag-body may be provided with raised and integral reinforcing edge-members 1G-17, as illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings, the parts 16 forming raised portions of the general corner-piece conformation, and the raised parts l? extending along the marginal edgeportions of the gusset-ends of the bag-body. Of course, it will be understood, that in connection with the styles of bag-bodies represented in said Figs. 5 and G, is employed tlie backing 8 and correspondingly shaped fillers l() mentionedl in connection with the coii struction of bag-body illustrated in `Figs. l, 2 and 3 of the drawings. lStitchii'ig, as 18, may be arranged closely to the marginal edge-portions 19 of the rraised partslG-l?, as shown iii said Fig. '6.' y

Referring now to Figs.y 7-and8 of the drawings, in which isrepresented a style of bag, the leather body of which has its sidepieces 20 sewed to the gusset ends 21, at their edges 22. In this construction of bagbody, as will be seen more particularly from an inspection of Fig. S, the gusset-ends 2l are formed at their respective corners 23, with the pressed ont edge-portions 24, these portions 2i being made with pai-ts 25 which extend beyond the marginal edges 26 of the gusset-ends, the pressed-out portions 2i and the marginally extending parts 25 being made so as to conform to the general configurations of the usual corner-pieces, as will beclearly seen from an inspection of said Figs. 7 and 8 of the drawings. In stitching the side-pieces 20 and gusset-ends 2l along the edges 22, the projecting parts 25 are lapped over the corner-portions 28 of the side-pieces 20, and then sewed fast by means of the stitching 29, all of which will be clearly understood from an inspection of said Fig.,8. l

While in the above, I have described my present invention as applied to the leather bodies of traveling bags, it must be clearly understood that the invention is also applicable to other yshaped bodies, as to the bodies of siiit-cases, and the like, and the invention may also be applied to that class of bags known in the trade as ladies shopping or hand-bags. It will also be understood, that the various' raised edge-meinbers may also, if desired, be provided directly upon their raised parts with stitchings 29, in the manner indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. I am aware, also, that changes may be made in the'general arrangement of the integrally formed raised marginal edgemembers with relation to the main portions of the bag-body, as well as in the general marginal conformations of the said .raised edge-members, whether in the shapes of corner-pieces or otherwise, without departing from the scope of the present invention as described in the foregoing specification and as deiied in the clauses of the claim which are appended thereto. Hence, I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangements and .combinations of the various parts, nor to the exact marginal configurations of the raised and pressed-out parts forming integral parts of the main body of the bag, suit-case, or the like.

I claim 1. A leather bag or case, having a lining for bags, having pressedfout raised edge-members, Y

and non-separable corners, reinforcements consisting of fillers insertedbetween the out- -sideleatlier andthe lining and 'confined in place by stitches madearoundl them through the leather and lining.` v l I 2. A leather bag or case, having a lining l,and corner pockets formed between :the

outer leather and the lining-and fillers in saidfipockets serving yas reinforcing means` and confined in place bystitches made around the same through the outer leather and ythe lining.

3. As an article of manufacture, a body suit-cases, and the like, said body said members forming integral partsv of said body, and the marginal raised edge-portions of said pressed-out parts being substantially rounded so as to avoid raw edge-portions, combined with a backing, and a filler between said backing and the pressed-out raised edge-members. l l i 4. Asan article of manufacture, a body for bags, suit-cases, and the like, said body to the raised marginal edges of the edgemembers.

5. As an article of manufacture, a body for bags, suit-cases, and the like, said body having pressed-out raised `edge-members, said members forming integral parts of said body, and the marginal raised edge-portions of said pressed-out parts being substantially rounded so as to avoid raw edgeportions,

combined with a backing, and. a filler be? tween said backing and the pressed-out raised edge-members, and stitching in the main body contiguous to the raised marl ginal edges of the edge-members.

6. As an article of manufacture, a body for bags, suit-cases, and the like, saidbody having pressed-out raised corner-pieces, said corner-pieces forming integral parts'of said body, and the marginal raised edge-portions of said pressed-out corner=pieces being substantially rounded so as to avoid raw edgeportions, combined with a backing, and a filler between said backing and the pressedout corner pieces.

7. As an article of manufacture, a body for bags, suitcases, and the like, said body having pressed-out raised corner-pieces, said corner-pieces forming integral parts of said body`v andthe marginal raised edge-portions of said pressed-out corner-pieces being'substantially rounded so asto avoid raw edge# portions, and stitching in the main body contiguous to the vraised marginal edges of the corner-pieces.

8. As an article of manufacture, a body for bags, suit-cases, and the like, said body said backing and pressed-out raised corner- 10 havxng an integral pressedbut ralsed mempleces.

ber, combined with a backing, and a iller In testimony that I claim the invention between said backing and the integral set forth above I have hereunto set my hand pressed-out "ased member. this 21st day of January, 1914. 9. As an article of manufacture, a body ARY KAUFMANN.

for bags, suit-cases, and the like, said body Witnesses having pressed-out raised corner-pieces, eom- FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, hned with a backing,` and a filler between FREDK. H. W. FRAENTZEL.

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